Am I a candidate for a breast augmentation with fat transfer? (Photos)

You can try it if you like. But be realistic about the results. Look at before and afters online bearing in mind those are supposed to be good result. Bottom line. It ain’t it’s all cracked up to be

Hello!
The most important things to understand with this procedure are the limited amount of augmentation we get with fat - on the order of increase of 1/2 to full cup size - and the need for a good area for liposuction to get the fat. The results can be lovely, but they are relatively conservative. The buttock area itself is not a great donor site. The best take with fat is the upper chest. Breast augmentation with implants provides a more predictable increase in volume and will not change with weight changes. I would recommend you see a board certified plastic surgeon to discuss your options and likely outcome with fat transfer breast augmentation.
Best of luck to you!

Dear Rosinz,
fat transfer breast augmentation is a viable alternative for women who desire larger breasts without the use of implants. Fat transfer is also widely used in reconstruction of the breast after a mastectomy or lumpectomy. It can also be very effective in correcting the size and shape of the breasts due to genetic problems such as tuberous breast or Poland Syndrome, two conditions that look like misshapen or underdeveloped breasts.In addition, the following scenarios are also reason to consider breast fat grafting:• If you have chest areas that appear creased and sunken• If you desire more permanent correction than is provided by temporary fillers• If you wish to improve your body contour, revise scars, fill bodily depressions and rejuvenate the natural curve of your breasts• To fill in contour irregularities or hide obvious signs of breast implantsYou should discuss your concerns with a board certified plastic surgeon and make sure your surgeon understands your concerns and your breast augmentation goals. Only after a thorough examination you will get more information and recommendations.
Daniel Barrett, MD
Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

You appear to be an excellent candidate for fat transfer to your breasts
Th waist and upper buttock can certainly be used

In my opinion, fat grafting alone is not likely to give you your desired increase in breast size. You have an athletic build and it would be difficult to find enough fat for fat grafting alone to have a meaningful change. In my opinion if you combined a small breast implant with a small amount of fat grafting that can be taken from your hips or lateral thighs you would be able to achieve a nice natural result with a meaningful increase in your breast size while maintaining a nice figure.

If you will be happy with half to one cup increase in size and have some donor fat, then you might be happy. If you want fuller breasts, you will need implants. Implants will give you more consistent results.

You have ample fat from either your buttocks or your flanks/lower back. Typical breast size increases using fat transfer is 1/2 cup size to a max of one cup size. If you desire a larger breast enhancement, you must consider implants.
Best wishes.
Dr. Taranow

You are an excellent candidate for breast fat transfer. The procedure can give modest increase in breast size with patients typically gaining 1/2 cup breast size volume augmentation when done by skilled and experienced providers.
Delivering consistent quality, liposuction and fat transfer results is more difficult than most people believe. The number of plastic surgeons who can deliver consistent quality results is relatively few. The results of this procedure are permanent and irreversible. Poorly done Liposuction can leave people disfigured for life. I cannot emphasize enough. The importance of being thorough and provider selection when it comes to Liposuction or fat transfer procedures. I recommend patients do this by having multiple in person consultations. During each consultation, ask each provider to open up their portfolio and show you their entire collection of before, and after pictures of previous patients, who have similar body and breast characteristics to your own. For fat transfer results it is imperative did you know when the after pictures were taken in relationship to the date of surgery. Early fat transfer results can look very impressive but do not in anyway represent final results. After pictures should be taken in minimum three months, preferably or longer after the procedure.
Fat transfer can increase breast size change breast shape in any meaningful way.
Results are usually fairly subtle. I do not recommend having a liposuction of your buttocks. The most common area, the hardest that for this procedure is liposuction of the torso. In your case, that is what I would recommend with a strong emphasis on the glove handle area where the transitions between your buttocks and waist. I generally view the torso as a single anatomic unit when it comes to Liposuction and generally treat the entire torso in order to not leave patients for transition zones between treated and untreated areas. A full torso includes upper abdomen, lower abdomen, love handles, waist, full back, and under arms all the way to the side of the breast.
An experience provider should have no difficulty showing you at least 50 sets of before and after pictures of commonly performed procedures.
Being shown a handful of pre-selected images representing the best results of a providers career is insufficient to get a clear understanding of what average results look like for each provider.
In the end, I love you variables that really matter are patient candidacy, and provider selection. Patient having breast fat transfer should recognize that this is in fact two procedures done at the same time. This means you need to be assessed for both Liposuction and fast transfer. Likewise do you need to vet providers for their skill in both Liposuction and fat transfer.
Become familiarize with what quality results look like they reviewing lots of before and after pictures online. Recognize that far transfer results that look overly impressive may in reality represent early results and are not a representation of final results. Liposuction results look very carefully at all areas treated to make sure there are no skin contour, irregularities in any treated area. During consultations asked providers to review before and after pictures with you. Ask them to point out the exact areas that were treated with Liposuction and look carefully at transition zones between treated and untreated areas.
Ask providers to show you a variety of outcomes. Ask providers to show you examples of excellent outcomes, average outcomes, and outcomes that did not turn out as well as they had hoped. The goal is always to get a clear understanding of what average results look like and how many cases each provider has actually done. If providers are reluctant to show you sufficient numbers of before and after pictures, then make note of that and continue onto the next consultation.
The biggest mistake patients make is either not understanding their own candidacy or failure of selecting the best provider by only having one consultation.
Personally, I recommend all patients start by having at least five in person, consultations and consider scheduling more and less you feel very confident you found one of the best providers in your community. You’ll be reminded of the outcome every day for the rest of your life. The time to be critical of plastic surgeons is before you schedule surgery.
Best,
Mats Hagstrom, MD